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#KCONGlobal K-pop fest KCON to be streamed online next month
SEOUL, Sept. 2 (Yonhap) -- KCON, a major K-pop and Korean culture festival series, will be held online again amid the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic, its organizer announced Wednesday. The event, w... 11:45 Sep. 02 -
#BTSRelease of new BTS movie postponed indefinitely due to COVID-19 related article
SEOUL, Sept. 2 (Yonhap) -- The release of a documentary film on K-pop group BTS has been postponed in South Korea amid a surge in new coronavirus cases across the country since mid-August, the band... 10:10 Sep. 02 -
S. Korean cultural content balance in black for 9th month in June
SEOUL, Sept. 2 (Yonhap) -- South Korea posted a cultural content trade surplus for the ninth consecutive month in June amid the overseas popularity of K-pop and its broader Korean Wave, central ban... 09:19 Sep. 02 -
#BTSBTS to appear on 'America's Got Talent,' announces another 'Dynamite' video related article
SEOUL, Sept. 2 (Yonhap) -- K-pop group BTS on Wednesday announced three more TV appearances in the United States and a plan to drop an additional music video for "Dynamite," which stormed the Billb... 09:16 Sep. 02 -
#BTS(LEAD) Moon congratulates BTS on Billboard feat, says it writes new K-pop history related article
(ATTN: UPDATES with BTS's reply in last 4 paras; ADDS photo) SEOUL, Sept. 1 (Yonhap) -- President Moon Jae-in said Tuesday that BTS has written a "new chapter in K-pop history" by topping the Billb... 16:51 Sep. 01 -
#BTS(LEAD) Fans to celebrate BTS' Jungkook's birthday with fireworks
(ATTN: ADDS more photos) SEOUL, Sept. 1 (Yonhap) -- A group of Chinese fans of BTS member Jungkook will hold an online fireworks event in the South Korean southern port city of Busan to celebrate h... 16:32 Sep. 01 -
#BTSFans to celebrate BTS' Jungkook's birthday with fireworks
SEOUL, Sept. 1 (Yonhap) -- A group of Chinese fans of BTS member Jungkook will hold an online fireworks event in the South Korean southern port city of Busan to celebrate his birthday Tuesday, the ... 14:52 Sep. 01 -
#BTS(2nd LD) With 'Dynamite,' BTS becomes 1st S. Korean artist to top Billboard Hot 100 related article
(ATTN: UPDATES with more details in paras 8, 12-13, celebrity reactions at bottom; ADDS more photos) WASHINGTON, Sept. 1 (Yonhap) -- BTS became the first South Korean artist to land at No. 1 on Bil... 14:47 Sep. 01 -
#BTSBefore BTS: K-pop's decadeslong endeavor to take on Billboard charts related article
By Chang Dong-woo SEOUL, Sept. 1 (Yonhap) -- BTS made history in becoming the first South Korean pop singer or group to clinch the No. 1 spot on the Billboard Hot 100. But the seven-member boy band... 13:38 Sep. 01 -
#terrestrial broadcastersS. Korea's major broadcasters start sign-language service on main news programs
SEOUL, Sept. 1 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's three major TV networks -- KBS, MBC and SBS -- have started or will start a sign-language interpretation service on their prime-time news programs for the c... 12:04 Sep. 01 -
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Moon congratulates BTS on Billboard feat, says it writes new K-pop history related article
SEOUL, Sept. 1 (Yonhap) -- President Moon Jae-in said Tuesday that BTS has written a "new chapter in K-pop history" by topping the Billboard Hot 100 songs chart for the first time as a South Korean... 11:08 Sep. 01 -
#BTS(News Focus) BTS rewrites K-pop history with song that wasn't even supposed to happen related article
By Chang Dong-woo SEOUL, Sept. 1 (Yonhap) -- It's hard to fathom, but for global K-pop super group BTS, the band's biggest goal once was to enter not the top 10 or top 40 but just land on the Hot 1... 06:00 Sep. 01 -
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(LEAD) With 'Dynamite,' BTS becomes 1st S. Korean artist to top Billboard Hot 100 related article
(ATTN: UPDATES with more detail in para 4, reaction from BTS in paras 8-10; RECASTS headline) WASHINGTON, Aug. 31 (Yonhap) -- BTS became the first South Korean artist to land at No. 1 on Billboard'... 05:32 Sep. 01 -
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With 'Dynamite,' BTS becomes 1st S. Korean artist to top Billboard Hot 100 related article
WASHINGTON, Aug. 31 (Yonhap) -- BTS was projected to become the first South Korean artist to land at No. 1 on Billboard's main singles chart in the United States, a day after picking up four awards... 03:02 Sep. 01 -
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#Park Bo-gumStar actor Park Bo-gum joins military amid COVID-19 pandemic
CHANGWON, South Korea, Aug. 31 (Yonhap) -- Actor Park Bo-gum started his mandatory military duty Monday. Dressed in black, Park entered the Navy Education and Training Command in Changwon, South... 16:54 Aug. 31 -
#BTS(LEAD) BTS wins 4 awards at MTV VMAs, performs 'Dynamite' related article
(ATTN: UPDATES with details of BLACKPINK's win at bottom; REPLACES photos) By Chang Dong-woo SEOUL, Aug. 31 (Yonhap) -- K-pop band BTS picked up four awards at the 2020 MTV Video Music Awards held ... 14:25 Aug. 31 -
#BTSBTS wins 4 awards at MTV VMAs, performs 'Dynamite' related article
By Chang Dong-woo SEOUL, Aug. 31 (Yonhap) -- K-pop band BTS picked up four awards at the 2020 MTV Video Music Awards held in the United States on Sunday (U.S. time), while putting on its first tele... 11:59 Aug. 31 -
#movie theatersVirus-hit movie theaters undertake restructuring
SEOUL, Aug. 31 (Yonhap) -- The looming second wave of the novel coronavirus pandemic has pushed South Korean film theater operators into a corner again, leading them to reduce payroll and shut down... 11:04 Aug. 31
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BTS' big win reignites debate on military service of K-pop stars
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Billboard win brightens prospects of BTS' long-awaited Grammy nod
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BTS rewrites K-pop history with song that wasn't even supposed to happen
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K-pop sensation BTS back to record-smashing spree with 'Dynamite'
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Advertising controversy grips S. Korean mukbang YouTubers
